Chapter 1290 White Horse Siege

When Qin Qiqi and I rushed back to Bianliang without stopping, using one day and one night, sure enough, outside Bianliang City, we saw an army all over the mountains.

Qin Qiqi and I drove forward, walked to a small hillside, and went down to observe the situation.

It was found that it was neither the Song army nor the Jin soldiers who attacked Bianliang, but another country.

The soldiers of this country do not have iron armor and war horses, but wear leather armor, two shirtless arms, big leather hats and leather shoes on their heads, no matter how you look at it, they all have a bit of exotic taste.

Not from the Central Plains.

There were about 100,000 soldiers, densely packed all over the mountains and fields, besieging Bianliang City and making it impassable.

The most awesome thing is that their countless war horses are all white, and in the blink of an eye, they have almost reached the level of "two people and one horse".

This is unimaginable in the Great Song Kingdom, you must know that as long as it is in the era of cold weapons, no matter what period, cavalry is the finale, one of the most lethal troops.

"Do you know what country they are?" I asked.

Qin Qiqi is quite erudite, equivalent to the second Li Qingqing, so when Li Qingqing is not there, I mainly ask her some questions, and she can basically answer them.

"Western Xia Kingdom. Qin Qiqi observed for a while and came to the conclusion: "They are the Baima Qiang tribe of the Western Xia Kingdom. ”

"Xixia Kingdom?" I thought about the original geographical location of Western Xia, and felt that something should not be: "The Western Xia Kingdom is far from Bianliang, and it needs to pass through seven cities such as Yan'anfu, Fenzhou, Jinzhou, and Zezhou, which is equivalent to the distance from Bianliang to Lin'an, how is it possible?"

"That can only mean one thing - the cities along the way have been attacked by the Western Xia Kingdom. Qin Qiqi frowned: "When the Three Kingdoms competed for hegemony, the Jinma Chao of the Shu Kingdom was the White Horse Qiang clan of the Western Xia Kingdom.

Because they have horses, they are very mobile, and the Great Song Kingdom has also fought several times, all of them are a battle and leave, often after the siege of the city, do not occupy the city, but the food and treasures in the city, loot everything. ”

"It means that in terms of combat effectiveness, the Baima Qiang tribe of Western Xia can't actually defeat the Great Song Kingdom?"

"That's right, after all, they are covered by leather armor, there is no iron armor, although the mobility is stronger, but the defensive ability is greatly weakened, and the frontal hard battle is too bad, and it is easy to be restrained by the spearmen of the Great Song Kingdom. ”

Since they couldn't fight head-on with the soldiers of the Great Song Kingdom, they naturally couldn't fight with the soldiers of Bianliang City.

And now, a few days have passed, and there are at least tens of thousands of innocent blood troops in Bianliang City.

Judging from the corpse power that the mountain lion camel passed to me that night, it is clear that the two sides have fought each other.

"Master, should we wave our troops and attack Sister Qingqing inside and outside to annihilate them?"

I thought about it for a while and vetoed Qin Qiqi's statement: "Since their mobility is very strong, it must be a strategy of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy retreating and advancing with me. ”

The biggest flaw in the strength of Bianliang City is that there is no cavalry.

Although the three thousand Xuanjia Iron Cavalry in the hands of the mountain lion camel are invincible, the biggest problem is that they are too cumbersome - once they charge, they can only move forward, and it is difficult to even turn, let alone be dexterous and improvised.

As for the Qilin Blood Army in my hands and the Innocent Blood Army in Li Qingqing's hands, they are all infantry, and there is no way to pursue the cavalry.

This Baima Qiang cavalry is very rogue.

It is somewhat similar to the style of the legendary low-rangers under Temujin.

However, the real strength of the nomadic cavalry lies not in the charge, but in the eight words "the enemy retreats and I advance, and the enemy advances and I retreat".

They are good at riding and shooting, and when they get close, they shoot arrows, so that you can't take care of yourself, but once you catch up, they will run, relying on the mobility of cavalry, and when you run far away, they will prepare an arrow array, and when you get close, they will shoot again, and you will not be able to take care of yourself in another round.

In this way, between advancing and retreating, before you know it, the soldiers under your command are completely consumed.

It's a pity that the later Yuan Dynasty moved from the grassland to the city, and the natural advantages of the nomadic cavalry were completely gone.

"Then let's ......"

"Let's go back to Bianliang City and join Qingqing first. ”

As I spoke, I waved my hand and ordered the whole army to charge and kill it.

As I expected, as soon as the battle began, when the White Horse Qiang tribe found that the Qilin Blood Army's individual combat ability was very strong, and even their cavalry was not an opponent, they retreated one after another and made a way.

The cavalry of the Baima Qiang tribe was obviously far inferior to the rumored nomadic cavalry of Temujin.

Their weapons are still confined to knives and guns, and they have not reached the realm of long-range consumption.

However, it is easy to swing a knife right away, but it is difficult to shoot an arrow right away, and you must be equally good at equestrian and archery skills to be able to shoot accurately.

Otherwise, the arrow would not have gotten anywhere.

I didn't bother to let the Qilin Blood Army pursue it, and drove the troops directly to the outside of Bianliang City.

The general defending the city on Bianliang City is Zhang Conglong.

Zhang Conglong and Mountain Lion Camel, one is good at attacking and the other is good at defending, which is the best partner.

As soon as Zhang Conglong saw that it was me, he hurriedly ordered to open the city gate and let the Qilin Blood Army enter the city.

The Baima Qiang people watched from a distance and did not stop me, but after I entered the city, they redeployed troops to surround Bianliang City.

"Lord. "When he saw me, Zhang Conglong saluted.

"Go ahead and defend the city. ”

"Yes. ”

......

Back in the palace, I met Li Qingqing.

At this time, she was sitting on the dragon chair with a sad face, sighing.

Presumably, because of the excessive amount of blood used in the production of the Unsullied Blood Army, her face was a little pale and bloodless.

When she saw me, she immediately jumped up happily: "Brother Jiang, are you back?

"What are you sighing again?" I wondered.

Li Qingqing saw me asking, and said: "Alas, it's not the Baima Qiang tribe, they trapped Bianliang, they can't fight, they don't fight, I let the mountain lion camel chase them twice, and I can't do anything about them, I really can't stand it."

By the way, do you have a better way to deal with them?"

I smiled helplessly: "What can I do? They are too mobile, and unless they also use cavalry, there is no way to win."

But I do know that there is a nomadic people in the north, and they are very restrained. ”

"Nomads?" Li Qingqing was curious: "How did they defeat them, can we do it?"

"We can't do that. I smiled: "These Baima Qiang tribes, it is useless to surround us, they have no way to attack the city, our Bianliang City has enough grain and grass, and we are not worried about the lack of food." Just let them surround it, for ten days and half a month, they have an army of more than 100,000 people, I don't believe it, they can still hold on. ”